Who is still hungry after all their calories?

I had that problem too! I was was starving constantly. Here's what worked for me....

I find exercise helps... I burn about 500 per day doing cardio... and interestingly enough, I find that I'm not 500 calories hungrier... if that makes sense.

Another thing that helps is avoiding simple sugars (pastries, candy, etc.) and making all my carbs complex ones -- brown rice instead of white rice, whole wheat and multi-grain bread instead of white flour. Also, if you look at the carbs in fat, you get a lot more volume for you calories with less fattening foods than you do with fattening ones... there are 120 calories in just one table spoon of olive oil, for instance... so while I'm losing weight, I cut butter and olive oil on my toasts along with salad dressing.

Also... if you decrease carbs slightly and increase protein while you're losing weight, it can help with the cravings. Don't go overboard like the Atkins diet -- that's just not healthy as far as I'm concerned -- but going a little higher on the protein causes less of a spike in blood-sugar, which causes less of a corresponding drop in blood-sugar an hour or two later when your pancreas has produced a bunch of insulin. Once you lose your weight you can return to a normal distribution of carbs/protein (that is to say, getting your majority of calories from complex carbs based on the food pyramid).

Finally... eating 6 small meals throughout the day will keep your blood-sugar nice and steady, and you won't have so many food cravings.

If all else fails... you can always reduce your caloric deficit to something smaller. You'll lose as a slower pace, but you'll be happier in the process. And hey, if you have a caloric deficit of only 250 calories, that's a 1/2 a pound a week... and that's really not a bad rate considering that there are 52 weeks in a year. You have your whole life to be fit.

Anyway, if you want to take a look at my food diary, feel free... I'm rarely ever hungry these days and I'm losing at a rate of 2 pounds per/week, so feel free to take a look. Not sure if you can see it without friending me, so if that's the case, you can feel free to add me.

Good luck!

Being hungry if you have hit your cal limit often means you need to make better choices, this applies even more so to those whose cals are very low (1200 for women) or (1500 for men) often times it is due to a lack of protein or fiber in your diet that leads to hunger when you have hit that cal goal. My advise is to educate yourself on the diet side of things, take the time to learn proper nutrition as that will lead you to much more success than any workout schedule.

this is really patronising advice. I am on 1200 calories and its really not very much. I eat completely clean, wholegrains, etc etc but can still find myself starving.
For me I think you just need to learn to live with a bit of hunger, its a healthy feeling and as long as you spread the calories out over the day you are never that starving that you lose it completely. If you find you are, you probably need to add in some more calories.

I am hungry right now. I find that I have to experience this though in order to lose the weight I want. I try to just be really tough and drink a water, vitamin water, or a cup of tea and I seriously just try to tough it out and try to do something instead of it. It's hard, but I just remember no pain no gain and in the morning, the hunger usually isn't there anymore and yet your scale will give you great results! So don't give in to a little bit of hunger.

It's so true! I'm slightly hungry right now, with 400 calories left today I'm not even that eager to eat the rest. I'm getting used to the hunger I guess.

I am always hungry.....

I run to earn some extra calories... And I drink lots of water with kool-aid liquid stuff because I'm a five year old at heart.

HereLieWe wrote: »

I find that I'm more hungry on days I don't exercise. Oddly enough, after working out, my appetite tends to wither some.

It's a hormone thing.

This is TMI but about 2 weeks out of the month I am not very hungry at all. The other 2 weeks I honestly don't think I have a limit to how much I could eat. Its a hormonal thing but a bit disturbing. I just have to tell myself that even though I feel hungry, I don't need more food. Usually I am burning 800-1000 calories a day exercising and I can tap into those if I need to.

On the very rare occasion that I eat all of my exercise calories, too, as long as I don't eat enough to gain weight I let myself have permission to eat a little more. I do try really hard to make those into balanced meals- some fat, some protein, some carbs.

Otherwise, drink lots of water. Like lots. And lots more.

When I feel hungry I play Tetris or some similar puzzle game. It may seem stupid (and I'm afraid it is) but it hepls me to think of something else.

I find that any number of things can help, depending on my mood: exercise, water, zero calorie carbonated drinks, chewing gum, and doing something fun and interesting instead of eating.

Most of the time I find myself "hungry" right after a meal or before bed, and doing any of the things I listed usually keeps me satisfied until the next meal or next day. However, if you're starving, eat! Salad made simply (one tablespoon low cal dressing, maybe a tablespoon of croutons), is low in calories but filling. Chop up an apple and sprinkle some cinnamon on it.

Hope I helped!

sally125 wrote: »

I find that I am quite often still hungry after all my calories. What do you do when you have eaten all your calories and still feel hungry?

I just eat a bit more. I try not to go over by much. There are some days when I am slightly under my calorie range so I think it works itself out.